| Pure (pure) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Pure |
| [Compar.
Purer (?); superl. Purest.] [OE.
pur, F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus
pure, clear, putare to clean, trim, prune, set in order,
settle, reckon, consider, |
Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from
mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure
water; pure clay; pure air; pure
compassion.
Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence,
innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.
Free from that which harms, vitiates,
weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and
actions.
Ritually clean; fitted for
holy services.
Of a single, simple
sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated
consonants.
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| Purée (puree) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| ||Pu`rée" |
| [F.] |
A
dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it
through a sieve; as, a purée of fish, or of potatoes;
especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated.
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| Purely (purely) |
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| adv. | (?) |
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| Pure"ly |
|
In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective).
Nicely; prettily.
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| Pureness (pureness) |
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| n. | |
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| Pure"ness |
|
The state of being
pure (in any sense of the adjective).
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